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Turner. Pcopk Have Guests Pastor and Yfite End Vacation f At Coquille TURNER Rev. and Mrs. B. L. Hicks returned to their borne here Thursday following a ten days vacation spent at Coquille with their son, Harold E. Huddle, and family and also visiting with Mrs. Hicks' brother, John Sanders.' 3 v Mrs. L U Small is spending a week in Eugene visiting with her two sons, Cecil and Willis Small, and their families. She went there to attend , the wedding of her granddaughter. Mrs, George White, Mrs. Helen Pabst and Mrs. Emma Parr of Forest Grove were guests Tuesday night at the Turner home of Mr. and"Mrs. Louis Mertle and sons, Barrel and Gordon. Mrs. Emma Parr, grandmother of Mrs. Mertle, remained at Turner where she is staying at the country home" of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Given. ' Mrs. Winnifred Kendall of Sa lem, formerly of Turner,' now is Improved in health, and spending an extended vacation at Twin Rocks on the coast. Accompany ing her was her sister, Mrs. John Hall of Oswego. , ' ! Miss Irma Riches of Portland was the guest in Turner two days at the home of her nephew r and niece,. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mc Kinney and also visiting other relatives and friends while here. Mr. and Mrs. David Lowe, jr., 9UUU1 Uatl(Ukaf JLMCUia UVUUC of Seattle, Wash., spent three days yisiting in Turner with Mrs. Lowe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. LJ. Sawyer, leaving Sunday for their home in Los Angeles.. '"-,, t Mrs.' Margaret Hill of Golden dale, Wash., arrived Thursday for a summer visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Lawrence Robertson. . Richard Whittle, who has been the, guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McKinney for the past six weeks, .left Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Dave Demke to reside at Van couver, Wash. Mr. and Mrs.: Mc Kinney, visited Sunday night-at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Doug las B. Parkes. Seaman Second Class, Arthur Parkes arrived Monday, ' surprising his parents, "on a 15 day furlough from Farra gut, Idaho. The Parks family re sided at Turner for seven years, and both Mr. and . Mrs. Parkes taught high school and grade school. VFW Women Observe Ninth Anniversary " ': SILVERTON The ninth anni versary of the ' Veterans of For eign Wars auxiliary was observed .4 Ctlirartnn WaHnaeilaw when the local group met at the fireplace room at the armory. Mrs. Sadie Barkhurst and Agnes Nae geli were, in charge. of arrange ments for the program 1 and ar ranging . the . refreshments were Mrs. Josephine Hartman, :.; Mrs. Gertrude Moen and Mrs. Eva Nor ton. Mrs. Ida Johnsonpresident, presided. :..-;::.' During the brief business meet ing a report was made that Mrs. Scott ; McPike,- who has ; been ill for some months, is much improv ed. The group voted to dispense with the September 1 meeting and meet again on September 15. ' Pastor, Family Visit .West Salem WEST SALEM Rev. Caroll -Pederson,-pastor of the Presbyter ian church of Pleasanton,: Calif ., with .Mrs. Pederson and their, son and daughter viJIted at the home of Mn and Mrs." Carleton '"Brown this . week. The Pedersons - were en route ' home from Tacoma, Wash., where they had been call ed by the death of Mr. Pedersons mother. , , Four more Liberator bombers (clreles) cone in - tnronrh obseartag clouds of smoke from burning refinery boildlnrs and oil storage tanks at the Astra Eomana refinery in Ploestl, Rumania, fired by preceding American bombers. The 2SS8-m&e round trip attack was carried out at low altitude. (Associated Press photo from UbAAri MM WiElameUue a3M Reports From Hamilton Rite Held Friday ALBANY John Harvey Hamil ton,1 7, who was born at Craw fordsville, April 14, 1876, and Who had spent his entire' life in Ore gon, died in Klamath Falls, Au gust 15. Funeral services in charge of j the ' Fortmiller Funeral Home were held in the Holley church at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, fol lowed by burial in the family plot in the Crawfordsville cemetery. ' Mr. Hamilton spent his boyhood days in Crawfordsville. For the past " 20 years he had been ? em ployed by the Long Bell Lumber company in Klamath' Falls. "He was l a member of the Christian church. Surviving are ' two brothers Charles of Sweet Home and Rob ert of Baker, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Maine of Albany and Mrs. Lydia Waggener of Medford. Miss Traaen Takes Post ill Air Base, Father, Learns i -- ,-- ' - SILVERTON Miss Hjortdis Traaen, 18, who came to Silverton a year ago from Oslo, Norway, by special exchange, now is working in the communications division of the Canadian air force at Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is in the settlement known as "Little Norway" composed of Norwegian people who are doing their bit towards victory, to free their land from German opres sion. Miss Traaen writes. Miss Traaen is the daughter of Halvor Traaen, who has been em ployed at the Silver Falls timber company j mill for many yars. However, he quit his work tnere this week because of his health and is planning to leave Silverton and seek a home elsewhere. Miss Traaen with her two younger brothers had been in Norway with their mother, who died there, prior to their returning to Silver ton. . Miss Ottoway Entertains Guests, Silverton U WALDO HILLS -r- Miss Bliss Jones of Aberdeen, Wash., and Miss Cathryn Kern an . of Boise, Idaho, have been guests of Miss Olive Ottaway during the past few days. Mrs. Jones and Miss Ottaway are sisters, ; 1 Mrs. James Campbell of Condon is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. E. A. Finlay. -; Mrs. Alvah VanCleave and son, Robert, of Kelso, who have been guests of Mrs. VanCleave's sister, Mrs. Harry Bentson, have return ed to their, home. During their stay here a party was arranged at the Bentson home attended by Mrs. VanCleave and her son, Mr. and Mrs. Mert Egan, Mr. and ?rs Clarence Morley, Mr. and Mis. Oscar Bentson, Mrs. Wava Axley and Marlene and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bentson. ' Mrs. Harvey K a s e r and' two children and Mrs. Merle Bye :are spending the week vacationing at Ocean Lake. Has Tonsils Out t INDEPENDENCE J 1 1 1 e Er line Conkey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl ' Conkey of Monmouth, underwent a', tonsilectomy at the doctors office . Wednesday "morn ing. V ": .1 4 Melvin Snow, who was injured last fall while working for a l"g ing company is taking- treatment at the. local doctor's offices. ' -o :::::t:; "': .''0 v-j i i K m - -J- lnarriii ir n nr r The Statesman Colaa. Creonu Cctarday Sezbees Return to Seattle from After nearly two years service in the Aleutians, these "Seabees" (the US navy's Eighth eonstrncUon ' battalion) are pictured en their arrival at Seattle aboard a transport. Most of their work . was carried on In Dutch -Harbor and at Adak and . Attn. They shouted for Joy when they sighted Seattle and ! their leaders declared they were "glad to retain to civilisation, whiskey, women and fresh fruit salads." (International) . McDonalds Fete Two ; Anniversaries ' LINCOLN Mr.; ahd Mrs. Wal ter McDonald were hosts for 'an informal affair Thursday night honoring the birthday; anniver saries of their youngest son, Mar vin, and t h e 1 r f brother-in-law, Fred L. Foster of McMinnville. A buffet lunch was served to the honor guests, Marvin McDonald and Fred L. Foster, and Miss Janice Foster, Mr. and Mrs., L. I. Mickey and Jerry and Harland Mickey, Grace and Genevieve Ashford, Maxine i Smith, Joreen, Richard and Walter McDonald, jr., Mrs. Lois Crawford and Miss Wil ma Crawford. e , J, A group of Lincoln woman have been taking advantage of the op portunity to can their winter's supply 'of vegetables and fruits In tin cans offered by the Community cannery at SalemJ Vegetables they have canned up to date are string beans, beets and carrots, but next week corn, as well ' as peaches will be ready to can. Mrs. Burch, instructress at the cannery, states that soon arrangements will be completed for canning, chicken, turkey and rabbit as well as other meats. Facilities for browning meats before canning will be a specially fine feature. Joreen McDonald, daughter of the Walter McDonalds was a guest this week at the home of old family friends, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andrews of Ballston. The little girl returned home Wednes day. Hospital Unit For Civilians Reorganized SCIO Vacancies in standing committees, reorganization of the staff, and other timely and perti nent matters in connection with the Scio civilian1 emergency hos pital are to 1 be considered at - a meeting of committeemen to be called for early September, it was announced this week by Dr. Al G. Prill, executive committee chair man.' "Much ' activity " remains to . be planned and carried into execu tion," Dr. Prill explained. The Scio unit can and must be avail able upon shortest notice in event of need for its, functions, and, re newed planning, additional equip ment, a ready working staff mi nutely organized, and . all matters essential in an adequately func tioning emergency hospital have been the goal of the ; institution since its inception two years ago," the chairman pointed out. Scio community . pioneered the emergency hospital , movement In Linn county and several others have been patterned from it, Al bany, Lebanon, Stayton and oth ers following , closely the . Scio setup. 1 Kloster Quits ; Shipyard Joh To Dry Hops v BETHANY John Kloster, who has been employed in a Portland f shipyard during the past several months, quit his work there this week and will be employed at the Oscar Satern hop house drying hops. ' ' -" - Rowena Martin, daughter - of Mr. ' and . Mrs. Tom Martin, has returned to her home here after stay at the Doerabecher hospital at Portland where she underwent an operation on her leg. She is reported, as getting alon nicely. fs Community Correspondents . Morning. Angus! 21. 1813 Labish Center Ladies' Aid Plans Picnic LABISH CENTER The Ladies' Aid picnic will be held on Tues day, August 24, at Silverton park it was announced by the commit tee, Mrs. Harvey Aker, Mrs. Clyde Leedy, and Mrs. Frank: Weinman. Everyone is invited to attend. Silverware, plates,' and coffee will be furnished. Dinner will be at 6 o'clock as there are no lights. The picnic had been planned for din ger field, but it was decided that Silverton would be more conven ient.: , : Visiting for several days from Tigard at the W. A. Starker home is Mrs. Emil Heilman. Mrs. Law rence Turpin also visited there for a day. . . : :-. - ' " ' Misses Donna Mae and Esther Voegelein, who have been spending.- their.': vacation with . their grandmother and the W. R. Daughertys, returned "to their home in Olympia, Wash., the first of this week. Accompanying them was Miss Katheryn Voegelein, who lives in Lebanon and has also been spending some time here. Miss oanne Voegelein will remain here for several weeks yt. Among Labish Center folks who attended the premiere showing of This Is the Army on Wednes day .night were Mr. and Mrs. Otis Phillips and Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Aker, Mrs.- Ruby Reeves, Miss Mary Zenger, Misses Donna and Doris Lovre, Betty Jean Car roll, Beverly Bothm, 'RoJean Boehm, and Juanita Mae Burr. . Word was received 5 here on Sunday of the appointment of Rev. and Mrs. Bill Cooksley to the Salem rural charge of the Evangelical church. Rev. and Mrs. Jaffe have accepted a church in Long Beach, . Calif , after having served here for several years. The Cooksley s formerly lived in Port land. . On next Sunday Rev. Jaffe will -give his farewell sermon. ; Mrs. Ella J. Lee I Rite to Be Today LEBANON Mrs. .Ella J. Lee, 78,' died ' Wednesday afternoon at her home east c of . Lebanon ' and will be buried in the Miller ceme tery Saturday after services held in the Baptist" church in Scio at 2 o'clock,', the - Howe Funeral Home of Lebanon in charge of arrange ments. - Mrs. Lee, who was the widow of the late William Thomas Lee, who died only last March, was born in St. Charles, Iowa. To Repair House . WEST SALEM-Frank W. Light foot, 1073 Edgewater street, was granted a permit to reshingle his house' and make other minor re pairs at, an estimated cost of $250. EVEnD3DY USLGGI3; i O Hazel Fisher and Her All-Girl Band, Frida . Night. O : Tophatters Saturday Night.. . . Always the Best in Dance JIcsIc at the Sponsored by Capital Feat Na. t, American Lerioa News c it PACZ tez: Adak, Attn Mrs. Seller f ' DieSyAlbany ALBANY Mrs. Jessie Ann Scherf, 75, wife of Albert Scherf, died at the family home on Geary street early Thursday morning, August 19, following a short ill ness.' Funeral services, under the direction: of the Fisher Funeral Home, will be held in the Grace Mennonite church, - with Rev. P. A. Kleiwer officiating. The date of the services are to be announc ed later. .' .: :: ' -: ,:. ; , ! Born on May 18, 1868, in Augus ta, Wis., Jessie Ann Flagg spent her early life in that state. In 1894 she was married to John Davenport, and in 1902 they came to . Oregon, locating in McMinn ville. Mr. Davenport died in 1910, and on February 22, 1922, Mrs. Davenport was married to Albert Scherf, coming at that time to Al bany, where she had since made her home. She was a member of Grace: Mennonite church.; i- Surviving besides the ' widower are two sons Roy Davenport of Portland, and John Davenport of McMinnville, an adopted son, James, and five stepchildren, Bert Scherf of Oakland, CaL, Otto and Ernest of Seattle, Paul of Phila delphia, and Mrs. M. Newport of Chicago. - Mrs. Boebert : Ends Week's Visit ABIQUA t- Mrs. L o u Boebert, who accompanied her sister," Mrs. Clair Nystrom, to Oakridge for a week's visit, has returned to her home here. While she was vaca tioning, Mrs. Boebert. with her sister, also visited at Crater Laker f Mr. and Mrs. A. Anderson of Red Cloud, Nebn are visiting their brother. Otto . Anderson and other relatives here. 1 Loran Morey has . returned! to the shipyards where he . has been employed as a welder.' Morey tcok off some time in early summer to assist; w 1 1 h farm work In " th's Switrer ImproVes ; , ';' Rosenbalm Boy HI; ;: :f i WHile Working; Amitjr if AMITY - . John Switzer who has been ill at-his -home here'fer severaL weeks,: is much better, al though" unable yet to leave 'his home,.::iW :;-"ft:.:j Jp.:' Pj:si- r Jimmie Rosenbalm, son of Mr. and Mrs.- Frank Rosenbalm Is ill at the', family - home here. Mrs . Rosenbalm,' who has been in Sea side :- when her husband . is. em ployed in' war work, Is here 'rar ing for her son. Young Rosenbalm has been employed Uk the Burling faam Muker warehouse 'during the school vacation. " - Examiner to Visit SCIO --Operator's- license ex amination Is scheduled for the city hall' here August 26 from 10 to 4. 1 - I 4 V 5o ; Zlizs Kills Reports On r.Iission T.Icct At Jennings Lode JEFFERSON The August meeting ,' of the Evangelical -Mi-slonary society was held Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. M. Ackerman, with the presi dent, Mrs. Don Davis, presiding. Miss -Anna Klampe was in charge of the devotions, and Mrs. Georee Kins reviewed a chapter of the study book. Miss Helen Kihs gave report of the missionary conven tion which she attended ' at Jen nings Lodge. The meeting closed witn. prayer by Mrs, Don Davis. Refreshments were served by the hostess, rassisted by. Miss Anna Klampe and Mrs. T. O. ; Kester. Eleven members ; were present. Mrs, J.'H. Roland . and Mrs. Orrin Ottoway were guests of the soci ety. ; Mrs.' May Warren left for her home at Condon Tuesday follow ing several days visit at the home of her mother, Mrs. C Emery, and Mr. Emery. Additional guests of the Emery Tuesday, were Mr. and Mrs. Manley Ramsden of Portland. They were on their way to Roseburg for visit with their brother, Delmer ; Ramsden, and family, before Manley leaves for service in . the army. He has been employed in Montgomery -Wards in Portland. The two Ramsden bays are grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. Emery. Mr. and Mrs. Carl, Henderson of Tacoma, Wash, were brief callers at the home of Henderson's par ents,' Mr. and Mrs. John Hender son, Wednesday. They are mov ing to Cottage- Grove, and had taken a truckload of their house hold goods to their-new home. He will be employed in a mill there. JEFFERSON Frank J. Sher wood underwent an "operation Thursday morning at the Salem Deaconess hospital. i Mildred, ten-year-old daughter of Mr. '' and Mrs. ' Floyd Bailey, broke her right arm in two places several days ago while playing outdoors. She fell on a block of wood. n', ; CVCRYONX Knows Tmo;e CPano Shows LAST DAY "Caplive Uild Ucnan -AND- Bop-A-Long-Cassidy Leather Borners" iOnonnou 1. it(tT((t4'r hit'S?: V ACOLUMBIAPICTURf I l. S I ,.. ; . . . ... ; 1 : Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Taylor are the par ents of a boy born August IS at the Salem General bosjitaL Mr. Taylor is stationed at Camp Adair. ' Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Tomkins are the parents , of a son born August 13 at the Salem General hospital. " ' ' IiIrs.Stragey; : ' Dies in South 1 SILVERTON Funeral services will be held . Sunday at 3 pjn. In the Memorial chapel of the Lk man Funeral home in Silverton for Mrs. Alvena N. Stragey, who died Thursday night at Ontario, Calif.: Rev. S. .L. Almlie will offi ciate. Burial will be In the Evens Valley cemetery. Survivors include her children: Willi of Colby, KaiL, Millard of Forest Grove, ; R o y of Atlanta, Neb Lawrence, Mrs. Bertha Skiles and Mrs. Pearl Hall, aU of Ontario, Calif.; sisters, Mrs. H. B. Jorgenson and Mrs. Oscar Over land, both of Silverton, ' and 14 grandchildren. ; T THC MCy THAT HITS feutLT LAST TIMES TpDAY.. JACK BENNY and 'ROCHESTER -THE MEANEST MAN IN THE ; WORLDS - AND " - " ' LLOYD NOLAN in ."MANILA. CALLING" '" ' ADDED .".:.;.' rVALLEY OF VANISHING MEN" TOMORROW MTDNITE SHOW TONIGHT CO.STAItlN YOUNG -AHERilE r 4 ; ' I 1 THE LfTTtC HOM't WITH THC BIG HITS Lrh rf Vl ri g 11 STAIID DY. "QllFm. f . V:- ' . II X. S All New Show Tomorrow 1 irr-r its! Two Top H r 1 Police Courl At 7czl Szlom Kept Bug WEST SALEM Ray Earl Ash mon, Salem; Auiftt W. Green, Camp Adair; Charles Ilraft, jr, Canby; Roy IL Auddcll, Z&lcrn, and Patrick Michael Lyman, West Salem, were all cited to appear in police court to answer to the charges of violation of the basic rule. ' -:" - V . :.- ' ' Harry L. Moore, Cecil Eurnie Wellborn, Camp Adair; Steve John, San Jose, Calif, and Robert L. Swartz, Camp Adair, each post ed bail of S with the exception of Steve John, who was required to post bail of 7Z9. All were charged with violation of the ba sic rule. John S. Friesen, West Salem, paid fine of $5 for violation of the basic rule. Aker Represents Dayton Legion DAYTON Dewey Akers will represent the Dayton post of the American Legion at the state con vention being held at Baker. He left here .Wednesday night. COHCDT Is tsjoy : MYSTISY ta sslvt! -4 DOROTHY LAMOUR Robert Foster Preston Foster noon OVER DDiirm' ,"iXcsl Dig Day fob ncnoii 2nd Great , Hit! 1 and . TE1M Tcrzsn ventures Into the nan- . Imw. eYvS : CONTINUOUS amT CJ T KIT?!- J Open 1:00
